Fr. Shionoya S.J. – Current director of Nagatsuga

On our recent visit to Hiroshima, we went to Nagatsuga, the monastery where Fr. Arrupe resided during the atomic bombing and where Tadashi’s family went to seek help. Fr. Shionoya is the current director and he gave us a tour, including the area where the fathers tended to the wounded after the bomb. He accepted an English version of Tadashi’s book for their library.

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On August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, destroying the city and killing over 100,000 people. This book is the true account of Fr. Tadashi Hasegawa, then 14 years old, who along with his family struggled to survive the bomb. His story is a remarkable tribute to love, sacrifice, and courage in the face of immeasurable horror, pain, and despair.